Customizing Your Setup

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Use Options | Settings to change general behaviors of AutoREALM.

Maximum Levels of Undo
Sets the number of actions that AutoREALM will be able to undo. More memory is consumed when this number is larger. You shouldn't need to change this setting, but if your system has a marginal amount of memory, you may be able to slightly improve performance by setting it lower.

Visual Overlay Display
If checked, each object is displayed in a way to make it apparent which overlay it belongs to. If Icons is selected, objects display a small icon near their corners that represent the overlay. The same icon is shown next to the overlay name in the Overlay List. If Color Coded is selected, each object is drawn in a color associated with the overlay (again, shown next to the overlay in the overlay list) instead of their true color.

New text/icon size is relative...
If checked, icons and text are created at a point size relative to the screen zoom level. That is, if you place 10 point text, then zoom in and place another piece of 10 point text, the size of the two pieces of text will be different, since they both will have been the same size when added. If unchecked, text or icons are always created at the specified size, regardless of zoom level. That means that in the above example, the two pieces of text would be the same size, but would differ from the size of the text as shown in the text toolbar.

Make backup files
If checked, AutoREALM creates a backup file when saving with the extension .BAK.

Use draft display when panning
If checked, panning will not show full detail of new areas that come into view. Instead object outlines will be shown. This greatly speeds up panning for complex maps or slower machines. If unchecked, panning into new areas of the map will show full detail.

Print icons as polygons

If checked, AutoREALM will convert all icons from a font representation into filled polygons when printing to a printer. You may not get exactly what you see on the screen when this option is checked. It is available as a workaround for printer drivers that cannot properly print AutoREALM maps. If you find that your icons are being printed out as letters, digits, or punctuation, you should turn on this option.